The government has tried to assure Canadians that the quarter-billion dollars they sent to China for the Asian infrastructure fund would open new export opportunities and investment opportunities for Canadians into China. Does your department have any evidence that there has been an increase in investment or openness to Canadian investment or exports because of the gift that the Government of Canada gave to China in the form of the quarter-billion dollar investment or gift to the Asian infrastructure bank?
On January 30th, 2020. See this statement in context.